St. Louis S. F. R. Co. v. Fitts
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Oklahoma County; John I. Carney, Judge. Action by Vira Fitts, by her next friend, W. B. Fitts, against the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company for personal injuries. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtKane, J.
This was an action for damages for personal injuries, commenced by the defendant in error by her next friend, plaintiff below, against the plaintiff in error, defendant below. Upon trial to a jury there was verdict for plaintiff, upon which judgment was duly entered, to reverse which this proceeding in error' was commenced.
It was alleged that the plaintiff, a child about five years old, was riding with her mother, who had purchased a ticket upon one of tbe defendant’s passenger trains, and that she was injured by being thrown from the seat, where she was quietly sitting, by a sudden and heavy…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Guffey v. Hannibal & St. Joseph RailroadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1893
- Southern Railway Co. v. CunninghamSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- Consolidated Traction Co. v. ThalheimerSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1896
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